Our IT consultant, who
lives in the Dallas area, was called on Sunday and immediately
agreed to deliver much-needed supplies not available in the Houston
area, so we could make repairs and get functional. Early Monday
morning, he arrived with 2 large generators, gasoline (there was
little or no gas available in Houston for the 48 hours immediately
after Ike, primarily due to no power to run the pumps), as well as
supplies to repair some minor roof damage caused by the storm. By
early that same afternoon, the phone and computer system was up and
running on generator power. Ken transferred the phones back to BMP
so we could begin answering calls from clients outside the Houston
area who were of course not affected by the storm, and were
undoubtedly not expecting anyone to answer when they called Monday
afternoon. In fact, we even accepted a delivery from UPS Monday
afternoon!